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HBMS Norfolk (1693)

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Norfolk, 80 Guns

Details
Nationality	British
Operated by	The Royal Navy
Ordered	1691/12/21	B057
Launched	1693/03/28	B028
Shipyard	Southampton	B028
Design Class	1691 Program - 80 gun 2-Deckers (1691)
Designer	Sir John Tippetts	B028
Constructor	William Podd	B057
Rate	Third Rate
Type	Ship of the Line
Out Service	1717/02/06	B028
Fate	Broken Up to Rebuild	B028
Becomes	Norfolk

Dimensions
B065		Type	Metric
Length of Gundeck	156' 6"	Imperial Feet	47.7
Length of Keel	129' 3¹/₄"	Imperial Feet	39.4
Breadth	41' 6"	Imperial Feet	12.65
Depth in Hold	17' 4"	Imperial Feet	5.28
Burthen	1,184	Tons BM
Calculated Burthen	1184²²/₉₄	Tons BM
B057		Type	Metric
Length of Gundeck	156' 6"	Imperial Feet	47.7
Length of Keel	129' 3¹/₄"	Imperial Feet	39.4
Breadth	41' 6"	Imperial Feet	12.65
Depth in Hold	17' 4"	Imperial Feet	5.28
Burthen	1,184²²/₉₄	Tons BM
Calculated Burthen	1184²²/₉₄	Tons BM

Armament
1692	B164	Broadside Weight = 708
Lower Gun Deck	24	British Demi-Cannon
Lower Gun Deck	2	British Culverin
Upper Gun Deck	26	British Culverin
Quarterdeck	16	British 6-Pounder
Forecastle	6	British 6-Pounder
Roundhouse	4	British 3-Pounder
1694	B065	Broadside Weight = 720
Gun Deck	24	British Demi-Cannon
Gun Deck	30	British Culverin
Gun Deck	22	British 6-Pounder
1703	B057	Broadside Weight = 546
Lower Gun Deck	26	British 24-Pounder
Upper Gun Deck	28	British 12-Pounder
Quarterdeck	16	British 6-Pounder
Forecastle	4	British 6-Pounder
Roundhouse	4	British 3-Pounder

Crew Complement
Date	Men	Notes	Source
1703	476	1703 Establishment	B057

Flag Officers
Date From	Date to	Rank/Position	Name	Source
1695	1695	Admiral of the Blue	John Berkeley	B029
1696/01	Unknown	Vice-Admiral of the Blue	David Mitchell	B051
1700	Unknown	Admiral of the Fleet	Sir George Rooke	W031
1715	1715	Rear-Admiral of the Blue	Sir Thomas Hardy	B057
Commanders
Date From	Date to	Rank/Position	Name	Source
1693	1694/02/12	Captain	Daniel Jones	B164
1694/10	1695	Captain	Edward Bibb	B057
1695	1697	Captain	John Mayne	B057
1697	1698	Captain	Thomas Butler	B057
1702	1704	Captain	John Mayne	B057
1704	1706	Captain	John Knapp	B057
1706	1710	Captain	Robert Wynn	B057
1710	1711/07	Captain	John Smith	B057
1715	1716	Captain	Thomas Smith	B057

Service Record
Date	Notes	Source
1693	Completed at a first cost of £12,839.8.8	B057
1693/03	Completed at Southampton at a cost of £12,839.8.8d ,by contract at £11.2.6d per ton	B164
1694	To the Mediterranean	B057
1704/08/13	Present at the Battle of Malaga, 15 killed, 20 wounded
1711/07	Paid off	B057
1715	In the Baltic	B057
1715/12	Guard ship at Portsmouth	B057
1717/02/06	Break up started to be rebuilt	B057

Fleets
Fleet Title	Commander	Date From	Date To	Source
British Baltic Fleet 1715	Admiral of the Blue Sir John Norris	1715/07/00	1715/11/00

Actions & Battles
Date		Source
1704/08/13	Battle of Malaga

Notes on Ship
No Notes Entered

Sources
Id	Link or Description	Author
B057	British Warships in the Age of Sail 1714 - 1792	Rif Winfield
B028	Ships of the Royal Navy - Volume I	J. J. Colledge
B065	The Ship of the Line Vol I	Brian Lavery
B164	British Warships in the Age of Sail 1603 - 1714	Rif Winfield
B029	The Royal Navy Vol II	William Laid Clowes
B051	Biographia Navalis - Volume II	John Charnock
W031	Oxford Dictionary of National Biography	Oxford University Press

Last Updated :2010/02/23 at 09:58:41 by Cy

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